Intergraph launches SmartPlant Cloud
Intergraph (Huntsville, Ala.; www.intergraoph.com) announces the launch of SmartPlant Cloud, the company’s Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, a dynamic cloud-computing environment to support the...
View ArticlePSE releases major update of gSOLIDS for solids process design and operation
Process Systems Enterprise Ltd. (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com) today announced the release of gSOLIDS 3.0, an integrated drag & drop graphical flowsheeting environment for process...
View ArticleAbsorber Optimization: Employing Process Simulation Software
Raw materials and energy represent two of the largest expenses in the chemical process industries (CPI). Energy reduction is necessary to sustain cost-effective production and manage capacity in the...
View ArticleMajor software update for solids process design and operation
Last month, this company today announced the release of gSOLIDS 3.0, an integrated drag & drop graphical flowsheeting environment for process engineers and scientists in industries where...
View ArticleModeling Optimized Processes
Modeling and simulation are at the heart of chemical engineering design and operations today, whether it is using traditional process flowsheeting tools, computational fluid dynamics, advanced...
View ArticleAVEVA PDMS delivers major new piping capabilities
Aveva (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) VEVA announced today that it has further strengthened its 3D plant-design software product, AVEVA PDMS. Responding to customer requests, the added enhancements...
View ArticleSmall-matrix, Model-less Multivariable Control
While many engineers believe that the use of larger matrices and more models is the best approach to establishing multivariable control, this article profiles the benefits of an approach that instead...
View ArticlePerform more simulations with this multiphysics software
Last month saw the release of COMSOL Multiphysics Version 4.4, with a number of upgraded tools for multiphysics simulations. Among the new features are: a new Desktop interface for Windows...
View ArticleAveva launches a new application for governing asset information
Aveva (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) has launched AVEVA Information Standards Manager (AVEVA ISM), a software product that enables both EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractors and...
View ArticleDistillation Column Thermal Optimization: Employing Simulation Software
Several market conditions, including availability of light crude oilds in the U.S., low natural-gas prices and improving macroeconomics, are driving debottlenecking projects related to columns in both...
View ArticleSTAR-CCM+ v9.06 breaks new ground sophisticated modeling applications
CD-adapco (London, U.K.; www.cd-adapco.com), the largest privately held CFD (computational fluid dynamics) focused provider of computer-aided-engineering software, has released STAR-CCM+ v9.06. The new...
View ArticleDesign of Experiments (DoE): Optimizing Products and Processes Efficiently
Experiments are done to quantify cause-and-effect relationships between adjustable parameters (inputs, factors, x) and the results (outputs, responses, y). They help to answer questions like: How do...
View ArticleFocus on Simulation and Modeling Software
Track energy consumption with this new software This month, this company is releasing Energy Performance Analytics (EP-Analytics; photo), a software tool that uses energy performance indicators (EnPI)...
View ArticleComsol releases Multiphysics 5.0 with new Application Builder
Comsol, Inc. (Burlington, Mass.; www.comsol.com) says it redefines the engineering simulation market with the release of COMSOL Multiphysics software version 5.0, featuring extensive product updates,...
View ArticleIntelligent structuring and segmentation of piping
Aucotec This company has developed a new function for its process engineering-oriented software system Engineering Base (EB) Instrumentation, which now makes the piping that is...
View ArticleSolids Handling: Using Flowsheet Simulation to Improve Process Design
Using flowsheet simulation to model processes involving granular solids provides many opportunities to improve process design, avoid unplanned downtime, reduce costs, improve throughput and maintain...
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